Saturday, May 29, 2010

Blue

Friday, May 28, 2010

Stone Collection

If you click on the photo it will take you to my Flickr streamwhere I've put tags on each of the stones so you can see where they're from.The crochet covered stoned are mostly made by my friendMargie Oomen from Resurrection Fern.The little porcelain pebbles are from Manos by Karin Eriksson.The big white porcelain stone was handmade by Paula Valentim from Otchipotchi.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Flower Pattern

Playing around with some flower doodles I drew with a micron pen.These pens are my all time favorite to draw with & to write on my journal.I always buy the 005. I love the precision of the ultra thin line.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Felt birds WIP

Working on some felt birdies I was working on two Xmases ago :pI had totally forgotten about them.I modified this cool pattern to make my birds.And I bought the beautiful vintage wool from my friend Carlene.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Sketch

Monday, May 24, 2010

A Clean Slate

This is what my journal/planner looks like before I fill in each day.I sit down every two weeks and collage/draw/paint on itmaking sure I leave some space for writing each day.I'll show you what it will look like after filling it all up.Hope you have a great week!Thanks Sofia for the beautiful bits from New Zealandthat are now part of my journal :)

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Lizards

Brenda Dumont, one of my lovely blog visitors wrote to me this week suggesting I should paint some lizards. I thought it was a great idea, so I did & here they are :) Thank you Brenda, I had lots of fun painting them!

And the winner is...

Congratulations!!!Her favorite color is saffron.Poorvi, please email me your address so I can send you the book & print.Thank you all so much for participating,I really wish I could send everyone a little gift!Have a great weekend :)

Friday, May 21, 2010

Flash Giveaway!

I just got that beautiful bold vintage teal metal "Nine" at Three Potato Four shop.It has a "Five" on the other side. I bought it because it's my favorite color and also because since I was a little girl my close friends and family call me "Nine"(like "Nina", but with a short "e" at the end).I even have a cousin that calls me "Nueve" (number 9 in Spanish)!I received some copies of the Posh Easy Crosswords yesterday and I'm going to give one away with a signed print of the "Three Little Birds" they used for the cover.Please leave a comment in this post with your name & what your favorite color is.I'll pick a random name tonight (I'll be closing the comments at 10 p.m. Central Time) I'll announce the winner tomorrow morning! Thank you for participating :)

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

Nothing subtle about this one :pThis is the sheet I dyed with jamaica petals. A little too pink for my personal taste. What do you think?Watercolor & acrylic ink. 6" x 8"Inspired by this photo by John Soong, my favorite bird photographer.If you love birds like me you must check out his Flickr stream.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

El Maguey

This is the handmade Twinrocker watercolor sheet I dyed with green tea.Watercolor & acrylic ink. 6" x 8"The colors are a little more subtle than the last one I did.The dyeing process was really easy,I just made a batch of really concentrated teaand submerged the sheet while the tea was still hot and left it therefor approx. 30 minutes. I took it out, sandwiched it between two paper towels and left it there to dry for an hour or so. Same with the coffee.It's going to be very hard for me to go back to plain old white paper now :)Hope you're having a lovely weekend!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Echeveria

This time I dyed the Twinrocker sheet with coffee. It smells SO good now :)Watercolor & acrylic ink on paper. 6" x 8"I dyed a sheet with matcha (powdered green tea) and another with jamaica petals that await to be painted on. I'll show you those later this week.

Friday, May 07, 2010

Tea Party

I was inspired this morning to do a little experimentand printed an old ledger page image onto a sheet of beautiful handmade Twinrocker paper & then used tea to dye it before painting this bird with the flowers. I recently treated myself to a new watercolor set!I got a Schmincke Horadam Aquarell set with 48 half pansand I've been so inspired by my new color palette.I had been using the same Cotman tubes for 15 yearsand it was really great to make a change.Tea, watercolor & acrylic ink on paper. 6" x 8"